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Brother: Minn. terror suspect being scapegoated

A Somali man arrested in the Netherlands for
allegedly financing Islamic terrorists didn't show signs of
extremist leanings and was so strapped for cash he couldn't scrape
together enough money to bring his new wife from Somalia to the
U.S.

That's according to the Minnesotan brother of the man, identified
as Mohamud Said Omar. Authorities say Omar left Minnesota in
November 2008.

Omar is being held at the request of American authorities who
say his case is also tied up with the disappearances of some young
Somali men from Minnesota.

Omar's older brother, Mohamed Osman, says he thinks his brother
is being scapegoated. He says his brother never showed fanatical
beliefs or much religious conviction.

Osman says his brother worked several low-paying jobs to make
ends meet while he was in Minnesota, and didn't have enough money
to send to terrorists.